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James Angelone

Jim Angelone, vice president with T. Rowe Price, is clerk of the Investment Management Committee and serves on the Finance and Marketing Committees. He and his wife Peggy are the parents of a current Friends student and an alumnus.

Trish Backer-Miceli

Trish Backer Miceli ‘83, vice president, human resources at Kelly & Associates Insurance Group, is the Board’s alumna representative. The clerk of the Development Committee, she also serves on the Committee on Trustees and the Executive Committee and is chairing the Alumni Committee of the Setting the Stage capital campaign. She and her husband Augie have a daughter at Friends.

Thomas Brooks

Tom Brooks, a partner at Anthem Energy, serves on the Executive and Finance Committees. He and his wife Jean are parents of a current Friends student and an alumnus.

Herbert Burgunder, III

Herbert Burgunder III is principal of the Law Offices of Herbert Burgunder III. A member of the Building Committee, he and his wife, Dr. Tamara Burgunder, have three children at Friends.

Dylan Coiro

Dylan Coiro ’15 is the student representative to the Board of Trustees. The head of the Model UN, Debate Team and Math Club, he is also a member of the Varsity Squash and Baseball teams and is a William Penn Fellow, an Upper School program for students interested in public policy and social justice.

Lee Deitch

Lee Stevens Deitch is managing director, head of institutional sales for Great West Financial's Retirement Plan Services. A member of the Development and Marketing Committees, she and her husband, Dr. Mark Deitch, are the parents of a Friends student and an alumna.

Nicholas Fessenden

Nick Fessenden retired from Friends in 2010 after serving 38 years as an Upper School History teacher. The Stony Run Friends Meeting liaison to the Board, he serves on the Quaker Mission Oversight and the Building Committees, the Committee on Trustees and the Joint Nominating Subcommittee. He and his wife Brigitte are parents of two Friends alumni.

Miriam Fleury

Miriam Fleury '71 is the faculty representative to the Board of Trustees. A Friends alumna, she has served as head Kindergarten/Pre-First teacher for 27 years. She and her husband Chuck are the parents of two Friends alumni.

Jeffrey Gonya

Jeffrey K. Gonya is a partner with Venable, LLP, where he oversees the firm’s Tax and Wealth Planning practice. A member of the Finance and Investment Management Committees, Mr. Gonya and his wife Ann are the parents of a current Friends student and an alumna.

Timothy Hearn

Timothy R. Hearn ’78, is CEO of Colliers International | Baltimore, a commercial real estate services company. He is the chair of the Setting the Stage Capital Campaign Steering Committee and also serves on the Board’s Finance and Development Committees. A member of Stony Run Friends Meeting, he has served multiple terms on the School’s Board and was vice chair of two earlier Friends School capital campaigns.

Thora Johnson

Thora Johnson '88, a partner with the law firm of Venable, LLP, is a Vice Chair of the Board. She clerks the Committee on Trustees and also serves on the Executive Committee and the Quaker Mission Oversight Committee. A member of Stony Run Friends Meeting, she and her husband Roman have two children at Friends and a child at Little Friends.

Andre Jones

Andre Jones, a middle school geography teacher at Gilman School, co-clerks the Diversity Committee. A member of Stony Run Friends Meeting, he and his wife Debbie Feldman Jones are the parents of a Friends alumnus.

Barbara Katz

Barbara Katz, the wife of the late Jay Katz '45, is a longtime Friends School supporter with strong ties to numerous community nonprofit organizations, including Sinai Hospital, Associated Jewish Charities and the Maryland Historical Society. She serves on the Development Committee.

Pamela Loeb

Pamela Hillman Loeb is principal and co-owner of Edge Research, a full service marketing research company that serves corporations, nonprofit organizations and government agencies. A member of the Development and Marketing Committees, Mrs. Loeb and her husband Eric have a child at Friends.

Kathryn Pettus

Kathryn Pettus, a retired educator and administrator, is co-clerk of the Diversity Committee and also serves on the Marketing Committee. She is a member of Stony Run Friends Meeting.

Robert Pierce

Robert Pierce, a retired professional musician, educator and administrator, serves on the Quaker Mission Oversight and Diversity Committees. The parent of a Friends School alumna and a member of Stony Run Friends Meeting, he previously served on the Board from 1984 to 1991.

Mia Redrick

Mia Redrick, the founder and C.E.O. of Finding Definitions, LLC., is Secretary of the Board of Trustees. She is a member of the Executive and Diversity Committees.

Steve Rives

Steve Rives is a retired educator and former chair of the science department at St. Paul's School for Girls. The clerk of the Quaker Mission Oversight Committee, he also serves on the Diversity Committee and the Committee on Trustees. He is a trustee of Gunpowder Friends Meeting.

Mary Ellen Saterlie

Mary Ellen Saterlie, a retired associate superintendent with Baltimore County Public Schools, serves on the Quaker Mission Oversight Committee. A four-term Friends School Trustee and former Board chair, she is president of the Miles White Beneficial Society and has served on numerous Boards, including Sheppard Pratt Health System and Broadmead Continuing Care Center. She is a member of Little Falls Friends Meeting.

Daryl Sidle

Daryl Sidle is a principal with Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones, P.A., a Baltimore law firm. The treasurer of the Board of Trustees, he is clerk of the Finance, Audit and Building Committees and also serves on the Executive Committee, the Committee on Trustees and the Joint Nominating Subcommittee. He and his wife Sandy are the parents of two Friends alumni.

Richard Thayer

Rich Thayer is the managing director of ZTC Consulting, a global consultancy. He is clerk of the Marketing Committee and also serves on the Development Committee. A member of Stony Run Friends Meeting, he and his wife Martha are the parents of a Friends alumnus and serve together on the Setting the Stage capital campaign.

Meredith van den Beemt

Meredith van den Beemt is a dedicated Friends volunteer, serving numerous roles in the Lower and Middle Schools and also at the Quaker Closet. Outside of Friends she is active with the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Baltimore CASH campaign. A member of Gunpowder Friends Meeting, she and her wife Kerry Zimmerman have three children at Friends.

Mark Weinman

Mark Weinman, president of The Morris Weinman Company, serves on the Finance Committee. He and his wife Sherri are the parents of two Friends students and an alumna.

William White, III

Bill White, vice president with Corbyn Investment Management, is Chair of the Board of Trustees. The clerk of the Executive Committee, he serves Ex Officio on all committees. He and his wife Blair are parents of an alumnus.

Peter Wilson

Peter A.R. Wilson, principal and owner of the ateri group architects, is the Parents Association representative to the Board of Trustees. A member of the Marketing and Building Committees, he and his wife Jenness Hall are parents of a Friends student.

Role of the Board

Members of the Friends Board of Trustees play an important role in the life of the School. The fundamental responsibility of a trustee is to protect and advance the interests of the School and its various constituencies in ways consistent with the School’s mission and with all applicable law. Friends School board members meet four sets of expectations: diligence, loyalty, compliance and advancement.

Of the 26 Trustee positions on the Board, four come from specific constituencies: Students, Faculty, the Parents Association, and the Alumni Board. Trustees are asked to make a commitment, or renew their commitment, to serve a minimum of one to three years. No Trustee may serve more than seven consecutive years, and must then take a hiatus from the Board of a minimum of two years before being eligible for another term as Trustee.